Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944 is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in February 1944 during the period generally known as the Second Battle of Monte Cassino.
C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding
Commander:
Lieutenant General Mark Wayne Clark
New Zealand Corps
Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General Howard Kippenberger)5th Infantry Brigade21st Infantry Battalion23rd Infantry Battalion28th (Māori) Infantry Battalion6th Infantry Brigade24th Infantry Battalion25th Infantry Battalion26th Infantry Battalion4th Armoured Brigade18th Armoured Regiment19th Armoured Regiment20th Armoured Regiment22nd Motorised BattalionDivisional troops4th, 5th and 6th Field Regiments, New Zealand Artillery14th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, NZA11th and 17th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery66th and 80th Medium Regiments, RA6th, 7th and 8th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers5th Field Park Company, NZE2nd NZ Division Reconnaissance Regiment4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Francis Tuker until 4 February then Brigadier Harry Dimoline (due to illness))5th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier D. R. E. R. Bateman)1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles7th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier O. de T. Lovett)1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles11th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier V. C. Griffin)2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha RiflesDivisional troops1st, 11th and 31st Field Regiments, Royal Artillery149th Anti-tank Regiment, RA27th Anti-aircraft Regiment, RAEngineers4th Field Company, King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners12th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners21st Field Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners11th Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners5th Indian Bridging PlatoonCentral India Horse (Reconnaissance Regiment)Machine gun Battalion, 6th Rajputana RiflesBritish 78th Infantry Division (from 17 February) (Major-General Charles Keightley)11th British Infantry Brigade2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment36th British Infantry Brigade5th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)6th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling FusiliersDivisional troops17th, 132nd and 128th Field Regiments, RA64th Anti-tank Regiment, RA49th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA214th, 237th and 256th Field Company, Royal Engineers281st Field Park Company, RE21st Bridging Platoon, RE56th Reconnaissance Regiment1st Battalion, Kensington Regiment (MG)Corps troops2nd Army Group, RA (under command)Three Field Regiments, RAFive Medium Regiments, RACommander:
Field Marshal
Albert KesselringCommander: General
Heinrich von VietinghoffLieutenant-General Frido von Senger und Etterlin
German 90th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General Ernst-Gunther Baade. Placed in charge of all troops in the Cassino position from 1 February.)155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment3 battalions200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (Colonel von Behr)3 battalions361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment3 battalionsDivisional troops190th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion190th Panzer battalion190th Artillery Regiment90th Anti-tank battalion90th Engineer battalion3rd battalion 3rd Parachute Regiment2nd battalion 1st Parachute RegimentParachute Machine Gun Battalion4th Alpine BattalionGerman 44th Reichsgrenadier Division Hoch und Deutschchmeister (Major General (Generalleutnant) Friedrich Franek)131st Infantry Regiment3 battalions132nd Infantry Regiment3 battalions134th Infantry Regiment3 battalionsDivisional troops44th Fusilier battalion96th Artillery Regiment46th Anti-tank battalion96th Engineer battalionGerman 94th Infantry Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Bernhard Steinmetz)267th Infantry Regiment3 battalions274th Infantry Regiment3 battalions276th Infantry Regiment3 battalionsDivisional troops94th Fusilier battalion194th Artillery Regiment194th Anti-tank battalion94th Engineer battalionGerman 71st Infantry Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February) (Major General (Generalleutnant) Wilhelm Raapke)191st Infantry Regiment3 battalions194th Infantry Regiment3 battalions211st Infantry Regiment3 battalionsDivisional troops171st Fusilier battalion171st Artillery Regiment171st Anti-tank battalion171st Engineer battalionGerman 15th Panzer Grenadier Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February) (Major General (Generalleutnant) Rudolf Sperl)104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment3 battalions115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment3 battalions129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment3 battalionsDivisional troops115th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion115th Panzer battalion33rd Artillery battalion33rd Anti-tank battalion115th Engineer battalionGerman 29th Panzergrenadier Division (ordered to Anzio early Feb) Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppen) Walter Fries)15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment3 battalions71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment3 battalionsDivisional troops129th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion129th Panzer battalion29th Artillery Regiment29th Anti-tank battalion29th Engineer battalion 